Malkamaniac wrote:Why is Tuzzo considered some savior? Everyone is clamoring for him. Have we really given up on Despres that fast?

Didn't you see him play those 10 minutes a game last year. He's way more than NHL ready.

This isn't the only place I've seem the over the top calling for Burtuzzo. I don't get why there's such an infatuation with rookies having to play great right at the start or their career is demolished forever.

Malkamaniac wrote:Why is Tuzzo considered some savior? Everyone is clamoring for him. Have we really given up on Despres that fast?

Didn't you see him play those 10 minutes a game last year. He's way more than NHL ready.

This isn't the only place I've seem the over the top calling for Burtuzzo. I don't get why there's such an infatuation with rookies having to play great right at the start or their career is demolished forever.

it has more to do with WBS than anything. one guy was supposedly the defensive MVP over the last year+, the other guy was often a healthy scratch.

Malkamaniac wrote:Why is Tuzzo considered some savior? Everyone is clamoring for him. Have we really given up on Despres that fast?

Didn't you see him play those 10 minutes a game last year. He's way more than NHL ready.

This isn't the only place I've seem the over the top calling for Burtuzzo. I don't get why there's such an infatuation with rookies having to play great right at the start or their career is demolished forever.

Lemieux, Jagr, Crosby, Malkin, Staal. It tends to skew one's perspective on the normal development curve. Either that or people are just whiny and impatient.

Malkamaniac wrote:Why is Tuzzo considered some savior? Everyone is clamoring for him. Have we really given up on Despres that fast?

Didn't you see him play those 10 minutes a game last year. He's way more than NHL ready.

This isn't the only place I've seem the over the top calling for Burtuzzo. I don't get why there's such an infatuation with rookies having to play great right at the start or their career is demolished forever.

I think the issue is not playing Bortuzzo over Lovejoy. Prefect situation for Despres to step in and prove himself playing 18+ minutes tonight. if he's going to be limited to 8 or so minutes and even be scratched there's no reason for him to not be getting 20+ minutes in WBS unless they are already looking to Dumoulin, Morrow, Samuelsson and a vet like Eaton, Mormina or Reese to eat up top 4 minutes.

Bortuzzo goes from 20+ top pairing in WBS to nothing now. That's a problem.

Malkamaniac wrote:Why is Tuzzo considered some savior? Everyone is clamoring for him. Have we really given up on Despres that fast?

Didn't you see him play those 10 minutes a game last year. He's way more than NHL ready.

This isn't the only place I've seem the over the top calling for Burtuzzo. I don't get why there's such an infatuation with rookies having to play great right at the start or their career is demolished forever.

Lemieux, Jagr, Crosby, Malkin, Staal. It tends to skew one's perspective on the normal development curve. Either that or people are just whiny and impatient.

I agree with that perspective as well. I guess I just look at it as not being able to get a homerun pick every single year. That being said, Despres isn't even bad. He's a rookie, this is what you get 90% of the time with rookies.

Malkamaniac wrote:Why is Tuzzo considered some savior? Everyone is clamoring for him. Have we really given up on Despres that fast?

Didn't you see him play those 10 minutes a game last year. He's way more than NHL ready.

This isn't the only place I've seem the over the top calling for Burtuzzo. I don't get why there's such an infatuation with rookies having to play great right at the start or their career is demolished forever.

I don't understand people. I usually have people telling me that i'm dead wrong when I believe that there is no reason not to throw someone into the lineup no matter how young they are. I don't think its gonna hurt someone who has the mental capacity to make it. Then I see something like this where people are demanding someone who has virtually no NHL experience and they want them thrust into a lineup when there are proven players ahead of them. Not saying its the same people, but there has to be an overlap.

Bortuzzo not being inserted into the lineup could also have to do with how he would fit in with the current healthy players. Remember he would have to play on the LEFT SIDE of any pairing he is part of. If he isn't comfortable doing that (yet) AND he is at the same time very inexperienced at the NHL level, I see them playing him as potentially setting themselves up for failure and setting him up for failure. Despres isn't Lidstrom in his prime, but he does have more NHL experience than Bortuzzo and is a left shot on the left side. (therefore at this point Despres > Bortuzzo)

I like Bortuzzo ALOT but I would rather he play out of design, not necessity. If not for a shortened season I would say go for it, but not when every point is so precious.

DelPen wrote:DePaoli just tweeted there is talk Nisky is out closer to 3-6 weeks. Yikes.

The Trib needs a fact checker, or the Pens really rushed to an unfounded report last night - because it clearly stated "day to day", but not serious. I guess they could say that no surgery or break equals "not serious" but three to six weeks seems like high ankle and that IS serious, especially in a shortened season.